Top 5 Cocktails for your extra tequila

Top 5 Cocktails

for your extra tequila

We had another crazy busy weekend.  

Our oldest had a soccer tournament which ended up being three games, one of which we had to miss so that he could play in his baseball game on Saturday night.  

I tell you with all of these busy weeks and weekends, this year is flying by already.  

Now that Cinco De Mayo is over (another example that the year is flying by), what are you going to do with the extra tequila you were not able to use yesterday?

I will tell you what you can do with the extra tequila!  

I have put together five tequila cocktails for you to choose from and make.  

One of these cocktails was on my list of margaritas that I had linked to in my Classic Margarita post and the other four are non-margarita cocktails.

1. Chavela is a great beer & tequila cocktail that is sure to please.

2. Moon-a-rita......yum, just thinking about it makes me want to pull out my blender and mix up a mango margarita and stick a beer in it!

3. Grapefruit Margarita is a nice change from your Classic Margarita and the other common flavors you find in restaurants.

4. Tequila Sunrise is a refreshingly enjoyable cocktail that is made with tequila, orange juice and a bit of grenadine for that awesome effect.

5. Long Island Iced Tea is a surprisingly delicious cocktail.  It's mixed with just about every main alcohol in your bar so be careful and enjoy.

There you have it!  5 delicious cocktails that you can make with the extra tequila you have left over from Cinco De Mayo!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Grapefruit Margarita

Day 153

Grapefruit Margarita

3.5 shots out of 5

Unfortunately I just had a picture of Pee Wee Herman in his gray suit and red bow tie doing the "Tequila!" dance flash through my head.......eeekkk!!  

Those high heeled white shoes, getting lower and lower as the song is coming to an end.  

OK, flashback over.....onto tonight's cocktail!

I gave tonight's cocktail 3.5 shots out of 5.  

This is not my favorite margarita, but it is definitely better then a regular one in my book.  

I was really hoping to fall in love with this cocktail and to REALLY enjoy the grapefruit flavor.  

I found quite a few recipes for tonight's cocktail online, they all varied a bit, most had lime, one had no lime and instead it had you add simple syrup.  

I made one with anejo ( Tequila or Rum aged between one and seven years, often stored in oak barrels giving the Tequila or Rum a golden color; aged; usually in reference to cheese or liquor ) tequila and lime juice and simply syrup......didn't work too well.  

The anejo tequila's oakier flavor didn't work well with the grapefruit juice.  

I started over and used silver tequila and made the recipe I had found without the lime juice.......almost good, so I added a little lime juice and it made it a lot better.  

I can definitely taste the tequila in this one, so next time I would probably use 1 1/2 oz of it and I think I may just like it a bit better that way.  

Maybe that way I will be able to taste a bit more of the grapefruit juice as well.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is my recipe for a Grapefruit Margarita:

• 2 oz tequila
• 1 oz triple sec
• 1/2 oz lime juice
• 3 oz grapefruit juice

In a shaker add ice and all ingredients above.  Shake up your ingredients well and strain them into a margarita glass filled 1/2 way with ice.

Here's to Pee Wee Herman and his "Tequila!" dance!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady